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Topic: Please help (Read 3087 times)

I was in Thailand 20 days ago, I had sex with a sex worker and unfortunately condom failed, not sure when.I tested negative 14 days and 20 days after exposure.How accurate is the result in 20 days?Should I get tested again?How accurate is 4 weeks test result.Whit is my risk of infection.I am male and the sex worker was female.Can I have sex with my regular partner?I am very worried please helpThanks

You have had a risk, but it is very much on the lower end of the scale. Hiv is a fragile, difficult to transmit virus and more so from a woman to a man. I've yet to see the insertive partner (that's you) end up positive over a condom break and I don't expect you to be the first.

The vast majority of people who have actually been infected will seroconvert and test positive by six weeks, with the average time to seroconversion being only 22 days. Where there has been a risk, a six week negative MUST be confirmed at the three month point, but is highly unlikely to change.

I seriously do not expect YOUR negative results to change. Stop testing until you get to the six week point and collect what I fully expect to be another negative result, then put it out of your mind until you confirm at three months.

Please read through all three condom and lube links in my signature line. A correctly used condom RARELY breaks - so get reading and learn how to avoid breakage in future.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

You have had a risk, but it is very much on the lower end of the scale. Hiv is a fragile, difficult to transmit virus and more so from a woman to a man. I've yet to see the insertive partner (that's you) end up positive over a condom break and I don't expect you to be the first.

The vast majority of people who have actually been infected will seroconvert and test positive by six weeks, with the average time to seroconversion being only 22 days. Where there has been a risk, a six week negative MUST be confirmed at the three month point, but is highly unlikely to change.

I seriously do not expect YOUR negative results to change. Stop testing until you get to the six week point and collect what I fully expect to be another negative result, then put it out of your mind until you confirm at three months.

Please read through all three condom and lube links in my signature line. A correctly used condom RARELY breaks - so get reading and learn how to avoid breakage in future.

I'm not in your shoes and NO I would not have unprotected anal sex with my partner, nor would I have unprotected vaginal sex. I'm HIV positive. You don't have unprotected sex unless you have both tested together and are in a monogamous relationship.

No, if I were you I would not have unprotected intercourse with my regular partner. You need a conclusive three month negative before you do that.

And IMPORTANTLY, you never mentioned testing for the other, more easily transmitted STIs. You need to also test for them as you are MUCH more likely to have picked up something like chlamydia from your broken condom experience. Are you aware that up to 50% of men have NO SYMPTOMS when infected with chlamydia? Go get yourself a COMPLETE sexual health screen and do it soon. Most STIs can be tested for ten days to two weeks following an encounter.

I really don't expect you to end up hiv positive over this incident, but the other STIs are another matter entirely.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Any negative result is a happy thing. The average time to seroconversion is 22 days. Your risk was relatively low as the condom protected you until it failed during that one time. It's also harder to transmit HIV from female to male than the other way around.

So the odds are in your favor that you will continue to test negative. You have to accept living with some uncertainty until you can get a definitive result at 13 weeks. You can if you wish test at 6 weeks. A negative result at that point is an indication that you will almost certainly continue to test negative. And as Ann advised, you do need to continue to use condoms for intercourse until that final result.

Meantime you will find the waiting will pass much more easily if you get busy with other things in your life.

Thanks for your support, I just tested negative after 46 days (6 weeks +) I have heard 98 % of hiv infection can be detected within 6 weeks + , is this right? and if not how promissing is 46 days test?Thanks